| 单词 | make up |
| 释义 | make up 1. phrasal verb The people or things that make up something are the members or parts that form that thing. UK shoppers make up the largest percentage of foreign buyers. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Insects are made up of tens of thousands of proteins. [be V-ed P + of] 2. phrasal verb B2 If you make up something such as a story or excuse, you invent it, sometimes in order to deceive people. I think it's very unkind of you to make up stories about him. [VERB PARTICLE noun] I'm not making it up. The character exists in real life. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb If you make yourself up or if someone else makes you up, make-up such as powder or lipstick is put on your face. She spent too much time making herself up. [VERB noun PARTICLE] She chose Maggie to make her up for her engagement photographs. [VERB noun PARTICLE] I can't be bothered to make up my face. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 4. phrasal verb If you make up an amount, you add something to it so that it is as large as it should be. We can't cover our costs, and rely on donors to make up the difference. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The team had six professionals and made the number up with five amateurs. [VERB noun PARTICLE] For every £100 you save, I will make it up to £125. [VERB noun PARTICLE + to] 5. phrasal verb B2 If you make up time or hours, you work some extra hours because you have previously taken some time off work. They'll have to make up time lost during the strike. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 6. phrasal verb If two people make up or make it up after a quarrel or disagreement, they become friends again. She came back and they made up. [VERB PARTICLE] They never made up the quarrel. [VERB PARTICLE noun] They should make up with their ex-enemy in the West. [VERB PARTICLE + with] I'll make it up with him again. [VERB noun PARTICLE + with] 7. phrasal verb If you make up something such as food or medicine, you prepare it by mixing or putting different things together. Prepare the souffle dish before making up the souffle mixture. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 8. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for make If you make up a bed, you put sheets and blankets on it so that someone can sleep there. Her mother made up a bed in her old room. [VERB PARTICLE noun] make-up also makeup 1. uncountable noun A2 Make-up consists of things such as lipstick, eye shadow, and powder which some people put on their faces to make themselves look more attractive or which actors use to change or improve their appearance. Normally they wore little make-up. She checked her makeup one last time, and then walked out with a spring in her step. Synonyms: cosmetics, paint [informal], powder, face [informal] 2. uncountable noun [usually poss NOUN] Someone's make-up is their nature and the various qualities in their character. There was some fatal flaw in his makeup. Synonyms: nature, character, constitution, temperament 3. uncountable noun The make-up of something consists of its different parts and the way these parts are arranged. The ideological make-up of the unions is now radically different from what it had been. [+ of] ...the chemical make-up of the oceans and atmosphere. Synonyms: structure, organization, arrangement, form Translations: Chinese: 化妆品 Japanese: メーキャップ |
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